portable refrigerators

[beetlebob]

Anyone using the refrigerator/freezers that I see for sale that plug into a lighter outlet. Somewhat $$$ are they worth it and where do you store it when in use. Also do they stay cold for a good while when not hooked up to power.

[Aerowood]

They use huge amounts of DC power, they would run your battery down in short order

[lewster]

If you are talking about this type of fridge: MT27F-U1 Medium-Sized Powerful Engel Portable Refrigerator Freezer

I have been using one for 7 years, running it in my service van from a 300 amp/hour battery bank with solar battery charging.

It is a fridge/freezer (depending on where you set the thermostat) and is rated at 2.5 amps DC at 100% duty cycle for it's Danfoss compressor. It never runs full time though, as it is very well insulated....perhaps 40-50%. So you are looking at a 1.25 amp per hour draw or 32 amp/hours per 24 hour day.

Not much really, but you certainly would want some type of battery re-charging system available to keep your batteries up.